Has any mainstream media guys questioned the officiating yet?Posted by carhartt on 10/14/13 at 7:08 am

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Have any of you seen mainstream media questioning the officiating of the game yet? I haven't, all I've seen so far is just a bunch of stroking Brady's ego. I guess it's just like the TV announcers, if they try and raise the red flag they'll conveniently get shown the door.

"Missed call? I got a lot of fan feedback about a missed holding call against Patriots offensive tackle Nate Solder on Brady’s touchdown pass. I saw several tweets of the still picture of Solder hooking Saints pass rusher Junior Galette that looked pretty egregious. The full-speed TV replay didn’t look quite as bad, though. The hook was brief, and Brady got rid of the ball quickly. It’s possible Galette wouldn’t have hit him in time, regardless. ... I wouldn’t have been surprised to see a holding call there, but I also wasn’t shocked to see the no-call. I’ll have to ask around after the Saints watch the film to see what they think. I know Galette didn’t mention it postgame, though, saying, “They just finished, and we didn’t. ... The end result was we didn’t finish, and we’re in the business of winning.”

re: Has any mainstream media guys questioned the officiating yet?Posted by Brettesaurus Rex on 10/14/13 at 7:42 am to carhartt

The only storyline taken from this game will be that there was an epic battle between Brees and Brady in which Brady pulled out at the last second and that our defense sucks again.

There won't be any mention of the officiating, how Brees and the entire offense was off, how the playcalling was horrendous, and how the defense held Brady and co. to 3 points in the second half until that last second TD.

re: Has any mainstream media guys questioned the officiating yet?Posted by LNCHBOX on 10/14/13 at 8:31 am to shel311

quote:It all evens out if you really look at it unbiasedly.

So explain Brees not being given the time out AND the delay of game not being called that directly led to three points (margin of victory BTW). There is literally zero excuse for something like that to happen. How is that not reviewable?

re: Has any mainstream media guys questioned the officiating yet?Posted by whodatfan on 10/14/13 at 8:31 am to shel311

quote:Complaining about officiating has to be the lamest thing a sports fan can do.

No. Its what passionate fan bases do for their team when it effects the outcome of the game. The phantom false start, bounce pass called a completion, and choke hold on the game deciding TD all merit complaining. So shut the frick up.

re: Has any mainstream media guys questioned the officiating yet?Posted by shel311 on 10/14/13 at 10:21 am to whodatfan

quote:No. Its what passionate fan bases do for their team when it effects the outcome of the game

If you want my honest opinion, it's what losers do, and that's in all aspects of life. Don't like an outcome, it's ok, just don't accept responsibility, we'll blame someone else. Get outta here with that.